The temperature on December 6, 1906 was between -0.2 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
March 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
April 7 » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
April 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
May 22 » The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".
June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
September 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
Day of death March 31, 1970
The temperature on March 31, 1970 was between 3.7 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (19%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
September 4 » Salvador Allende is elected President of Chile.
September 8 » Trans International Airlines Flight 863 crashes during takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, killing all 11 aboard.
September 16 » King Hussein of Jordan declares war against the Palestine Liberation Organization, the conflict which became to be known as Black September.
September 28 » Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser dies of a heart attack in Cairo.
October 5 » The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded.
November 4 » Salvador Allende takes office as President of Chile, the first Marxist to become president of a Latin American country through open elections.
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